THREAD: The Duchess of Cambridge has become the first ever female president of @UKScouting, joint president with Duke of Kent. The Duchess has been involved with Scouts for a number of years before getting formally involved with the charity.

When Catherine was a child, scouts didn't accept memberships for girls, but Catherine was part of the female equivalent at the time- Brownies. (The Queen, Princess Margret & Princess Anne were also members)

Kate volunteered for scouts several times supporting young children with their activities.There's frequently waitlists due to not enough adult volunteers.Assistant Director said "reason we value the Duchess' support is that even though she is very busy she helps out when she can"

Kate volunteered privately and occasionally publicly to encourage others. For definitely over a year at the least, it was known she privately volunteered when living in Anglesey.

She has revealed she hopes George, Charlotte & Louis join scouts one day. Her particular interests during her visits were the life skills that you don't learn in school such as first aid, sign language & classic tent making.

Within a year of people learning Kate had joined the Scouts volunteering, more than 2,800 new adult volunteers have joined up - the second biggest rise since 1986.

The Annual Queen's Scouts award is the highest honour a scout can receive & has been going for 80 years. Kate has began to deliver these awards as part of her association with The Scouts.

This is The Duchess's first Presidency, we can't wait to see what the future holds.